Apr 2, 2011

Conference Project, Part 1

For conference this year I decided to work on a project instead of just sitting around and watching. Those of you who know me know that I am not a "crafty" sort of person, but I decided to make a "memory" quilt out of shirts and pants from my college years. The first thing I did was collect what I was going to use, and then decided how big I wanted the individual squares. Then it was time to cut them out:

I used a rotary blade and the square pattern was just from a cardboard box. I cut on the floor, but my knees and back got tired easily. I would recommend using the table or something else. (UPDATE: Seriously, use a table! I woke up this morning with my entire body sore from leaning over and cutting. Not pleasant.)These are the cut out squares.After I got all the squares cut out (it took about 1 and 1/2 sessions), I laid out the squares into the 9-square blocks that I wanted. There were some squares that I wanted in a specific way.I made sure that I piled the squares up in a way so that I would remember how they all went.Then I put them in individual baggies to keep all the blocks separated and in order. Soon, I hope to get to the sewing and then I can decide the order of the blocks.

About Me

I'm an editor just starting out on the road to the "real world"--even though I spend most of my time in a fantasy one! I love YA fiction, TV shows, pasta, and music. I hope one day to see my name on a cover of a book!